The politics of 76634 Clifton, TX is largely influenced by local and state governments. The city is part of Bosque County, which is located in the south-central region of Texas. The county seat is Meridian where the Bosque County Courthouse is located. The current elected representatives for this area include State Senators Charles Perry (R-Lubbock) and Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) as well as U.S. Congressman Jodey Arrington (R-TX19). At the local level, the mayor of Clifton is Pat Wooten, who has been serving since 2008 and was reelected to a third term in 2019. Along with the mayor, there are six City Council members that are responsible for representing their districts' interests on various issues such as taxation, public safety, infrastructure development and more. In addition to these elected officials, there are other organizations that have an impact on the politics of 76634 Clifton such as the Chamber of Commerce which works closely with local government to promote economic growth and town development projects.
The political climate in Zip 76634 (Clifton, TX) is strongly conservative.
Bosque County, TX is very conservative. In Bosque County, TX 17.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bosque county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 17.1%.
Bosque county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76634 (Clifton, TX) is strongly conservative.
Clifton, Texas is strongly conservative.
Bosque County, Texas is very conservative.
Not Found Metro Area is 0.
Texas is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Clifton, Texas: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 76634 (Clifton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $2,983 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $13,760 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)